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Elvis Presley Biography' title='Elvis Presley Biography' />Download Elvis Presley Discography torrent or any other torrent from Mp3 category. Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Love ne Smith 19121958 and Vernon Elvis Presley 19161979, in the tworoom shotgun. Find Elvis Presley bio, music, credits, awards, streaming links on AllMusic A music and film icon whose natural blend of. Elvis Presley Rapidshare Discography' title='Elvis Presley Rapidshare Discography' />Elvis Presley Wikipedia. Elvis Aaron Presleya January 8, 1. August 1. 6, 1. 97. American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 2. King of Rock and Roll or simply the King. Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee with his family when he was 1. His music career began there in 1. Sam Phillips at Sun Records. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was an early popularizer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. Presley later added drummer D. J. Fontana to complete the bands lineup. Elvis also popularized the four man group of guitars, bass, and drums. RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who managed the singer for more than two decades. Elvis Presley SongsElvis Presley MusicPresleys first RCA single, Heartbreak Hotel, was released in January 1. United States. After a series of successful network television appearances and chart topping records, he was regarded as the leading figure of rock and roll. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines that coincided with the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, made him enormously popularand controversial. In November 1. 95. Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. In 1. 95. 8, he was drafted into military service. He resumed his recording career two years later, producing some of his most commercially successful work before devoting much of the 1. How To Start A Program As An Emcee more. Hollywood films and their accompanying soundtrack albums, most of which were critically derided. Marilyn Monroe' title='Marilyn Monroe' />In 1. Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1. 97. 3, Presley featured in the first globally broadcast concert via satellite, Aloha from Hawaii. On August 1. 6, 1. Graceland estate, and died as a result. His death came in the wake of many years of prescription drug abuse. Presley is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 2. Commercially successful in many genres, including pop, blues and gospel, he is one of the best selling artists in the history of recorded music, with estimated record sales of around 6. He won three Grammys,6 also receiving the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 3. Life and career. 19. Early years. Childhood in Tupelo. Presley was born on January 8, 1. Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Love ne Smith 1. Vernon Elvis Presley 1. Vernons father in preparation for the childs birth. Jesse Garon Presley, his identical twin brother, was delivered stillborn 3. Jesse was buried in an unmarked grave at Priceville Cemetery in Tupelo. After Presley became famous, he asked people on several occasions to try and find the whereabouts of Jesse. The efforts were to no avail, because no papers marked the spot. Presley became close to both parents and formed an especially close bond with his mother. The family attended an Assembly of God church, where he found his initial musical inspiration. Although he was in conflict with the Pentecostal church in his later years, he never officially left it. Rev. Rex Humbard officiated at Presleys funeral, because Presley had been an admirer of Humbards ministry. Presleys ancestry was primarily a Western European mix that included German,Scots Irish, Scottish, and some French Norman. Gladys would often tell the family that before the Civil War, her great great grandmother, Morning Dove White, was a full blooded Cherokee Indian, although some genealogists doubt the claim. In her book Elvis and Gladys, Elaine Dundy claims that Presleys great great grandmother Nancy Burdine Tackett was Jewish, citing a third cousin of Presleys, Oscar Tackett. However, there is no evidence that the Presley family shared this belief and the syndicated columnist Nate Bloom has challenged the cousins account, which he calls a tall tale. Gladys was regarded by relatives and friends as the dominant member of the small family. Vernon moved from one odd job to the next, evincing little ambition. Elvis Presley Rapidshare Discography' title='Elvis Presley Rapidshare Discography' />The family often relied on help from neighbors and government food assistance. The Presleys survived the F5 tornado in the 1. TupeloGainesville tornado outbreak. In 1. 93. 8, they lost their home after Vernon was found guilty of kiting a check written by the landowner, Orville S. Bean, the dairy farmer and cattle and hog broker for whom he then worked. He was jailed for eight months at Parchman Farm Mississippi State Penitentiary. Gladys and Elvis moved in with relatives. In September 1. 94. Presley entered first grade at East Tupelo Consolidated, where his instructors regarded him as average. He was encouraged to enter a singing contest after impressing his schoolteacher with a rendition of Red Foleys country song Old Shep during morning prayers. The contest, held at the Mississippi Alabama Fair and Dairy Show on October 3, 1. Ten year old Presley was dressed as a cowboy he stood on a chair to reach the microphone and sang Old Shep. He recalled placing fifth. A few months later, Presley received his first guitar for his birthday he had hoped for something elseby different accounts, either a bicycle or a rifle. Over the following year, he received basic guitar lessons from two of his uncles and the new pastor at the familys church. Presley recalled, I took the guitar, and I watched people, and I learned to play a little bit. But I would never sing in public. Michael Jackson' title='Michael Jackson' />I was very shy about it. In September 1. Presley entered a new school, Milam, for sixth grade he was regarded as a loner. The following year, he began bringing his guitar to school on a daily basis. He played and sang during lunchtime, and was often teased as a trashy kid who played hillbilly music. By then, the family was living in a largely African American neighborhood. Presley was a devotee of Mississippi Slims show on the Tupelo radio station WELO. He was described as crazy about music by Slims younger brother, who was one of Presleys classmates and often took him into the station. Slim supplemented Presleys guitar tuition by demonstrating chord techniques. When his protg was 1. Slim scheduled him for two on air performances. Presley was overcome by stage fright the first time, but succeeded in performing the following week. Teenage life in Memphis. In November 1. 94. Memphis, Tennessee. After residing for nearly a year in rooming houses, they were granted a two bedroom apartment in the public housing complex known as the Lauderdale Courts. Enrolled at L. C. Humes High School, Presley received only a C in music in eighth grade. When his music teacher informed him that he did not have an aptitude for singing, he brought in his guitar the next day and sang a recent hit, Keep Them Cold Icy Fingers Off Me, in an effort to prove otherwise. A classmate later recalled that the teacher agreed that Elvis was right when he said that she didnt appreciate his kind of singing. He was usually too shy to perform openly, and was occasionally bullied by classmates who viewed him as a mamas boy. In 1. 95. 0, he regularly began practicing guitar under the tutelage of Jesse Lee Denson, a neighbor two and a half years his senior.